# Smothered With a Pillow?  Does it Really Work?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-with-a-pillow-does-it-really-work/765834
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 13, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-with-a-pillow-does-it-really-work/765834 "2016-09-13T04:28:04Z")
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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-with-a-pillow-does-it-really-work/765834/21 "2016-09-16T13:40:59Z")

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In Ken Kesey’s book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, hef writes that McMurphy’s body had a tough hold on life and it took a long time for the Chief to smother him with a pillow.

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### Author: ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smothered-with-a-pillow-does-it-really-work/765834/22 "2016-09-16T14:18:48Z")

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> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#):
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> Need answer fast?

Well he can only hold the pillow down and keep refreshing this page for so long, so, probably.

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